Calvin Edwards & Company Information

Calvin Edwards & Company is a consulting firm that creates investment-grade research, analysis, and evaluation of nonprofit organizations, and provides counsel to charitable and faith-based entities and the foundations, high net worth families, and government agencies that fund them. Using an extensive array of proprietary tools, it: > Profiles organizations and nonprofit sectors, and identifies giving opportunities; > Analyzes organizations, and evaluates programs and grants worldwide; > Designs business plans and venture philanthropy projects for ministries and donors; > Helps major donors formulate giving strategies and renders professional advice. Its vision is to maximize the good that giving accomplishes within nonprofits, and thus to help excellent organizations thrive. Based in Atlanta, GA, since its founding in 2001, the firm has served about eighty clients across the United States and internationally. In addition to providing professional services to scores of nonprofit organizations and donors that support them, CEC’s principals have trained donors, foundation staff, government employees, nonprofit professionals, and nonprofit undergraduate and graduate students regarding donor expectations and behavior, nonprofit best practices, and due diligence and program evaluation. They have been featured speakers for national and international conferences, nonprofit trade associations, and grant-making consortia.